Science

Amazing technology often starts here. Humanity's understanding of the world and its ability to manipulate it.

Phase change memory (PCM) is an area of interest that researchers around the globe have been investing time and money into for years. Exactly how viable it’ll be remains to be seen although new research out of Stanford University looks…

Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed a special coating that enables torn fabric to heal itself when subjected to water. The secret behind this bit of wizardry isn’t glue or some other adhesive but rather, squid teeth.

Those self-destructing spy gadgets you see in the movies almost certainly exist (as they should, especially in the military where sensitive information could give an enemy the upper-hand). Such devices most likely rely on external power but that may not…

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) with help from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has developed a new display that allows movie theater audiences to watch films in 3D without those…

Despite making significant advancements in the field of medicine, doctors and scientists still don’t know very much about the human brain. In fact, much of what we do know was discovered and mapped more than 100 years ago so to…

Shaving razors are a lot like ink jet printers in that the refill cartridges are where the manufacturer makes its money from consumers. Much like printers, replacement razor cartridges cost an arm and a leg and although name-brand cartridges claim…

The American Automobile Association, best known as AAA (pronounced “Triple A”), has concluded that “top tier” gasoline is worth the extra amount of money it costs versus regular fuel. But what exactly is top tier gas and why should you…

In an effort to see how single-celled organisms respond to being in life-or-death situations against multicellular organisms, scientists from University College Southeast Norway and the Institute of Micro and Nano System Technology created a tiny (it measures less than a…

China has finished work on the world’s largest single-aperture telescope. The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) will search for extraterrestrial life and be used to explore the universe when it starts operations in September.

Bottle rockets, sparklers and Roman candles are among the most popular types of fireworks sold to consumers. Heck, even those paper-wrapped snap pops can be a blast (no pun intended) but did you know that they also contain precious metal?

NASA’s Juno spacecraft left Earth on August 5, 2011, to begin its 1.74 billion mile journey to Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun and the largest in our solar system. If all goes as planned, Juno will insert itself…

Not only is getting a camera into the human body a very invasive experience, it's not always possible when it comes to examining certain areas. But researchers at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have developed a camera so tiny…

NASA on Tuesday conducted its second ground-based test of its Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world. The test, which took place at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah, is the last full-scale test of…

Blue Origin, the spaceflight services company led by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, successfully launched and landed its New Shepard reusable rocket for the fourth consecutive time on Sunday. What made this launch and landing special is the fact that Blue…

Those in attendance at Maker Faire Austin last month got an opportunity to watch ArcAttack, a group that creates music using Tesla coils, perform live. As it turns out, the members of the group are also engineers that love tinkering…

A few years back, I decided to ditch my trusty DSLR and take an entirely different approach to digital photography. I wanted something that didn’t feel like a chore to haul around but could still take respectable images.

Attendees at last week’s Maker Faire Austin were in for a treat as ArcAttack, a musical act that harnesses the power of Tesla coils to make music, put on a live performance. Now, thanks to Make senior editor Caleb Kraft,…

Scientists have been refining a type of memory technology called phase-change memory (PCM) for years. Thus far, however, the use of PCM in certain applications has been somewhat prohibitive for a variety of reasons but that may soon change.